57146 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 

19 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8). 20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

open market and a national market 

system because it would ensure that a 

User would be reimbursed for all of its 

deposit even if it reduces its order after 

the Ordering Window closes. This 

would remove any incentive a User 

otherwise might have to understate its 

needs for power out of a concern that it 

would not be reimbursed for the full 

amount of its deposit. 

The proposed rule change would 

protect investors and the public interest 

in that it would provide the Exchange 

with accurate insight into Users’ true 

power requirements. It is in the public 

interest for the Exchange to take User 

demand into account and to make 

reasoned, informed decisions about 

whether and how to expand the MDC. 

The proposed rule change is not 

designed to permit unfair 

discrimination between customers, 

issuers, brokers, or dealers. The 

proposed changes would apply equally 

to all types and sizes of market 

participants. All Users would receive 

equal notice of the opening of the 

Ordering Window; the Ordering 

Window dates would be the same for all 

Users; and each order during the 

Ordering Window would be secured 

with a deposit equal to two months of 

the monthly recurring costs of the 

power ordered. Smaller Users with more 

modest power needs would not be 

disadvantaged by the proposed changes. 

In Step 2, each User that finalized an 

order during the Ordering Window 

would be allocated up to 32 kW of 

power (subject to sufficient power being 

available) before any User’s order for 

more than 32 kW would be filled. This 

would ensure that all Users that 

participate in the Ordering Window 

would receive at least some power and 

no Users would be shut out of the 

allocation. In addition, because the 

deposit is proportional to the size of the 

order and not a fixed amount, smaller 

Users would not be disproportionately 

affected by the deposit requirement. 

Finally, the proposed Ordering Window 

procedure would not disadvantage 

Users on the current waitlist pursuant to 

Colocation Note 7, since power would 

be allocated to those orders first under 

the Ordering Window procedure. 

For all these reasons, the Exchange 

believes that the proposal is consistent 

with the Act. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

In accordance with section 6(b)(8) of 

the Act,19 the Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change will not impose 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change would not place 

any burden on competition that is not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. The 

proposed rule change would provide an 

alternative procedure by which the 

Exchange can allocate power in the 

MDC that both provides the Exchange 

with reliable information about Users’ 

true power needs and allows all Users 

that submit deposit-guaranteed orders 

during the Ordering Window to be 

assured of receiving at least some 

additional power. The Exchange does 

not expect the proposed rule change to 

impact intra-market or intermarket 

competition between exchanges, Users, 

or any other market participants. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or within such longer period 

up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 

the self-regulatory organization 

consents, the Commission will: 

(A) by order approve or disapprove 

the proposed rule change, or 

(B) institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

NYSEARCA–2023–53 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–NYSEARCA–2023–53. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NYSEARCA–2023–53 and should be 

submitted on or before September 12, 

2023. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.20

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17982 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–98146; File No. SR–C2– 

2023–019] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

C2 Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend Its Fees 

Schedule Relating to the Options 

Regulatory Fee 

August 16, 2023. 

Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 57147 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Exchange initially filed the proposed rule 

change on August 1, 2023 (SR–C2–2023–018). On 

August 14, 2023, the Exchange withdrew that filing 

and submitted this filing. 

4The Exchange notes ORF also applies to 

customer-range transactions executed during Global 

Trading Hours. 

5Consistent with Rule 2.2 (Regulatory Revenue), 

the Exchange notes that notwithstanding the excess 

ORF revenue collected to date, it has not used such 

revenue for nonregulatory purposes. 

6The Exchange notes that in connection with 

proposed ORF rate changes, it provides the 

Commission confidential details regarding the 

Exchange’s projected regulatory revenue, including 

projected revenue from ORF, along with a breakout 

of its projected regulatory expenses, including both 

direct and indirect allocations. 

7The Exchange notes that its regulatory 

responsibilities with respect to TPH compliance 

with options sales practice rules have largely been 

allocated to FINRA under a 17d–2 agreement. The 

ORF is not designed to cover the cost of that options 

sales practice regulation. 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on August 

14, 2023, Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II, 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the Exchange. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

Cboe C2 Exchange, Inc. (the 

‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘C2 Options’’) proposes 

to amend its Fees Schedule relating to 

the Options Regulatory Fee. The text of 

the proposed rule change is provided in 

Exhibit 5. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/ 

options/regulation/rule_filings/ctwo/), 

at the Exchange’s Office of the 

Secretary, and at the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to reduce the 

Options Regulatory Fee (‘‘ORF’’) from 

$0.0003 per contract to $0.0002 per 

contract in order to help ensure that 

revenue collected from the ORF, in 

combination with other regulatory fees 

and fines, does not exceed the 

Exchange’s total regulatory costs.3

The ORF is assessed by C2 Options to 

each Trading Permit Holder (‘‘TPH’’) for 

options transactions cleared by the TPH 

that are cleared by the Options Clearing 

Corporation (‘‘OCC’’) in the customer 

range, regardless of the exchange on 

which the transaction occurs.4 In other 

words, the Exchange imposes the ORF 

on all customer-range transactions 

cleared by a TPH, even if the 

transactions do not take place on the 

Exchange. The ORF is collected by OCC 

on behalf of the Exchange from the 

Clearing Trading Permit Holder 

(‘‘CTPH’’) or non-CTPH that ultimately 

clears the transaction. With respect to 

linkage transactions, C2 Options 

reimburses its routing broker providing 

Routing Services pursuant to C2 

Options Rule 5.36 for options regulatory 

fees it incurs in connection with the 

Routing Services it provides. 

Revenue generated from ORF, when 

combined with all of the Exchange’s 

other regulatory fees and fines, is 

designed to recover a material portion of 

the regulatory costs to the Exchange of 

the supervision and regulation of TPH 

customer options business including 

performing routine surveillances, 

investigations, examinations, financial 

monitoring, and policy, rulemaking, 

interpretive, and enforcement activities. 

Regulatory costs include direct 

regulatory expenses and certain indirect 

expenses for work allocated in support 

of the regulatory function. The direct 

expenses include in-house and thirdparty service provider costs to support 

the day-to-day regulatory work such as 

surveillances, investigations and 

examinations. The indirect expenses 

include support from such areas as 

human resources, legal, information 

technology, facilities and accounting. 

These indirect expenses are estimated to 

be approximately 25% of C2’s total 

regulatory costs for 2023. Thus, direct 

expenses are estimated to be 

approximately 75% of total regulatory 

costs for 2023. In addition, it is C2 

Options’ practice that revenue generated 

from ORF not exceed more than 75% of 

total annual regulatory costs. 

These expectations are estimated, 

preliminary and may change. There can 

be no assurance that the Exchange’s 

final costs for 2023 will not differ 

materially from these expectations and 

prior practice, nor can the Exchange 

predict with certainty whether options 

volume will remain at the current level 

going forward. The Exchange notes 

however, that when combined with the 

Exchange’s other non-ORF regulatory 

fees and fines, the revenue being 

generated by ORF using the current rate 

results in combined revenue that is 

running in excess of the Exchange’s 

estimated regulatory costs for the year.5

Particularly, as discussed above, the 

options market has seen a substantial 

increase in volume over the first half of 

the year, up even from last year’s 

unprecedented volume. This increase 

resulted in higher volume than was 

originally projected by the Exchange 

(thereby resulting in higher ORF 

revenue than projected). Moreover, in 

addition to projected reductions in 

regulatory expenses, the Exchange’s 

expenses have been reduced.6

Accordingly, because revenue generated 

by the current ORF rates, when 

combined with the Exchange’s other 

non-ORF regulatory fees and fines, is 

expected to exceed the Exchange’s 

regulatory costs for the year, the 

Exchange proposes to decrease its ORF 

rate. Particularly, the Exchange believes 

that by decreasing the ORF, as amended, 

when combined with all of the 

Exchange’s other regulatory fees and 

fines, would allow the Exchange to 

continue covering a material portion of 

its regulatory costs, while lessening the 

potential for generating excess revenue 

that may otherwise occur using the 

current rate.7


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
57148 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 

8See Exchange Notice, C2023071301 ‘‘Cboe 

Options Exchanges Regulatory Fee Update Effective 

August 1, 2023.’’ The Exchange will endeavor to 

provide TPHs with notice of any future changes at 

least 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of 

the change. 9See https://www.theocc.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2023/07-05-occ-clears-962-6m-contractsin-june-2023,-up-19-4-year-over-year and https://

www.theocc.com/newsroom/press-releases/2023/ 

04-04-occ-clears-over-1b-total-contracts-in-march2023-highest-month-on-record-and-up-12-2-year. 

10 Id. See also https://www.theocc.com/ 

newsroom/press-releases/2023/06-02-occ-clears949-1m-contracts-in-may-2023-third-highestmonth-on-record. 

11 Volume data in the table represents numbers of 

contracts; each contract has two sides. June 

numbers reflect volumes through June 29, 2023. 

12 15 U.S.C. 78f(b). 

13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4). 

14 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 

15 If the Exchange changes its method of funding 

regulation or if circumstances otherwise change in 

the future, the Exchange may decide to modify the 

ORF or assess a separate regulatory fee on TPH 

proprietary transactions if the Exchange deems it 

advisable. 

The Exchange monitors its regulatory 

costs and revenues at a minimum on a 

semi-annual basis. If the Exchange 

determines regulatory revenues exceed 

or are insufficient to cover a material 

portion of its regulatory costs in a given 

year, the Exchange will adjust the ORF 

by submitting a fee change filing to the 

Commission. The Exchange also notifies 

TPHs of adjustments to the ORF via 

Exchange Notice, including for the 

change being proposed herein.8 Based 

on the Exchange’s most recent semiannual review, the Exchange is 

proposing to reduce the amount of ORF 

that will be collected by the Exchange 

from $0.0003 per contract side to 

$0.0002 per contract side. The proposed 

decrease is based on the Exchange’s 

estimated projections for its regulatory 

costs, which have decreased, balanced 

with recent options volumes, which has 

increased. For example, total options 

contract volume in June 2023 was 

approximately 19% higher than the total 

options contract volume in June 2022 

and the total options contract volume in 

March 2023 was approximately 12% 

higher than the total options contract 

volume in March 2022.9 In fact, March 

2023 was the high total volume in 

month in the history of U.S. equities 

options industry and May 2023 was the 

third highest options volume month in 

the history of U.S. equity options 

industry.10 The below table displays 

monthly total volumes for 2023.11

Month Total volume Customer sides 

January 2023 ................................................................................................................................................... 919,299,330 802,712,235 

February 2023 ................................................................................................................................................. 883,234,837 780,284,838 

March 2023 ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,052,984,722 915,674,991 

April 2023 ......................................................................................................................................................... 760,808,909 673,183,772 

May 2023 ......................................................................................................................................................... 944,534,205 826,490,407 

June 2023 ........................................................................................................................................................ 909,616,267 801,688,960 

The Exchange will continue to 

monitor the amount of revenue 

collected from the ORF to ensure that it, 

in combination with its other regulatory 

fees and fines, does not exceed the 

Exchange’s total regulatory costs. 

2. Statutory Basis 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

rule change is consistent with the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) and the rules and regulations 

thereunder applicable to the Exchange 

and, in particular, the requirements of 

section 6(b) of the Act.12 Specifically, 

the Exchange believes the proposed rule 

change is consistent with section 6(b)(4) 

of the Act,13 which provides that 

Exchange rules may provide for the 

equitable allocation of reasonable dues, 

fees, and other charges among its TPHs 

and other persons using its facilities. 

Additionally, the Exchange believes the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

the section 6(b)(5) 14 requirement that 

the rules of an exchange not be designed 

to permit unfair discrimination between 

customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers. 

The Exchange believes the proposed 

fee change is reasonable because 

customer transactions will be subject to 

a lower ORF fee than the current rate. 

Moreover, the proposed reduction is 

necessary in order to lessen the 

potential that the Exchange collects 

revenue in excess of its anticipated 

regulatory costs, in combination with 

other regulatory fees and fines, which is 

consistent with the Exchange’s 

practices. The Exchange had designed 

the ORF to generate revenues that 

would be less than or equal to 75% of 

the Exchange’s regulatory costs, which 

is consistent with the view of the 

Commission that regulatory fees be used 

for regulatory purposes and not to 

support the Exchange’s business 

operations. As discussed above, 

however, after its semi-annual review of 

its regulatory costs and regulatory 

revenues, which includes revenues from 

ORF and other regulatory fees and fines, 

the Exchange determined that absent a 

reduction in ORF, it would be collecting 

revenue in excess of 75% of its 

regulatory costs. Indeed, the Exchange 

notes that when taking into account the 

recent options volume, coupled with the 

projected reduction in regulatory costs, 

it estimates the ORF will generate 

revenues that would cover more than 

the approximated 75% of the 

Exchange’s projected regulatory costs. 

Moreover, when coupled with the 

Exchange’s other regulatory fees and 

revenues, the Exchange estimates ORF 

to generate over 100% of the Exchange’s 

projected regulatory costs. As such, the 

Exchange believes it’s reasonable and 

appropriate to decrease the ORF amount 

from $0.0003 to $0.0002 per contract 

side. 

The Exchange also believes the 

proposed fee change is equitable and 

not unfairly discriminatory in that it is 

charged to all TPHs on all their 

transactions that clear in the customer 

range at the OCC. The Exchange 

believes the ORF ensures fairness by 

assessing higher fees to those TPHs that 

require more Exchange regulatory 

services based on the amount of 

customer options business they 

conduct. Regulating customer trading 

activity is much more labor intensive 

and requires greater expenditure of 

human and technical resources than 

regulating non-customer trading 

activity, which tends to be more 

automated and less labor-intensive. For 

example, there are costs associated with 

main office and branch office 

examinations (e.g., staff and travel 

expenses), as well as investigations into 

customer complaints and the 

terminations of Registered persons. As a 

result, the costs associated with 

administering the customer component 

of the Exchange’s overall regulatory 

program are materially higher than the 

costs associated with administering the 

non-customer component (e.g., TPH 

proprietary transactions) of its 

regulatory program.15 Moreover, the 

Exchange notes that it has broad 

regulatory responsibilities with respect 

to its TPHs’ activities, irrespective of 

where their transactions take place. 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Notices 57149 

16 ISG is an industry organization formed in 1983 

to coordinate intermarket surveillance among the 

SROs by cooperatively sharing regulatory 

information pursuant to a written agreement 

between the parties. The goal of the ISG’s 

information sharing is to coordinate regulatory 

efforts to address potential intermarket trading 

abuses and manipulations. 

17 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

18 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 

19 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 20 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Many of the Exchange’s surveillance 

programs for customer trading activity 

may require the Exchange to look at 

activity across all markets, such as 

reviews related to position limit 

violations and manipulation. Indeed, 

the Exchange cannot effectively review 

for such conduct without looking at and 

evaluating activity irregardless of where 

it transpires. In addition to its own 

surveillance programs, the Exchange 

also works with other SROs and 

exchanges on intermarket surveillance 

related issues. Through its participation 

in the Intermarket Surveillance Group 

(‘‘ISG’’) 16 the Exchange shares 

information and coordinates inquiries 

and investigations with other exchanges 

designed to address potential 

intermarket manipulation and trading 

abuses. Accordingly, there is a strong 

nexus between the ORF and the 

Exchange’s regulatory activities with 

respect to its TPHs’ customer trading 

activity. 

B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Burden on Competition 

The Exchange does not believe that 

the proposed rule change will impose 

any burden on competition not 

necessary or appropriate in furtherance 

of the purposes of the Act. This 

proposal does not create an unnecessary 

or inappropriate intra-market burden on 

competition because the ORF applies to 

all customer activity, thereby raising 

regulatory revenue to offset regulatory 

expenses. It also supplements the 

regulatory revenue derived from noncustomer activity. The Exchange notes, 

however, the proposed change is not 

designed to address any competitive 

issues. Indeed, this proposal does not 

create an unnecessary or inappropriate 

inter-market burden on competition 

because it is a regulatory fee that 

supports regulation in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. The Exchange is 

obligated to ensure that the amount of 

regulatory revenue collected from the 

ORF, in combination with its other 

regulatory fees and fines, does not 

exceed regulatory costs. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

The Exchange neither solicited nor 

received comments on the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change is effective 

upon filing pursuant to section 

19(b)(3)(A) 17 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 18

thereunder, because it establishes a due, 

fee, or other charge imposed by the 

Exchange. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

under section 19(b)(2)(B) 19 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

C2–2023–019 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–C2–2023–019. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–C2–2023–019 and should be 

submitted on or before September 12, 

2023. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.20

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–17978 Filed 8–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–559, OMB Control No. 

3235–0621] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension: Form 15F 

Upon Written Request Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for extension 

and approval. 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1